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APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING
SIMULTANEOUS RADIO FREQUENCY SIGNALS
Field of the Invention
This invention relates to the field of digital
signal processing and more particularly to an apparatus
and method for adapting weighting functions to enhance
the resolution of small radio frequency (RF) signals
received overlapping in time with the transient portion
of much larger RF signals.
BacXground of the Invention
Signal processing systems often must measure
several parameters of an incoming RF signal. For
example, frequency, amplitude, pulse width and time of
arrival. However, the signal of interest is often
distorted by background noise and other signals. In
digital signal processing systems, it has therefore
be~ome common to process signals by multiplying them
with a weighting function which performs a filtering
action on the signal of interest. The weighted signal
stands out from the background more clearly so the
parameters can then be measured with greater accuracy.
Typically, the weighting function is defined prior
to being implemented in a signal processing system and
the weighting function coefficients remain constant
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1 throughout the use of the system. This methocl o~ signal
weighting requires only a multiplier and a stored set o~
weighting coefficients.
In digital signal processing, the sample window is
always of finite length. This results in discontinui~ies
at the ends of the sample window with respect to the
signal. As a result, sidelobes are generated in the
fre~uency domain. These sidelobes can obscure other
signals of smaller amplitude occurring in the window at
the same time, as shown in FIGo 1~ This phenomenon also
occurs in analog signal processing due to the finite
bandwidth constraints of analog filters. Figure 1 is a
graphic illustration of a large signal pulse 20 which
has been weighted using the constant weighting function
~5 system. The signal is plottPd in both the time and
frequency domain with respect to amplitude. The signal
has substantial sidelobes 22 which almost completely
obscure the small signal 24.
A more advanced method of processing which has been
used in the past to improve the signal to noise ratio
(SNR) of a single signal is illustrated in FIGS. 2A-2G.
FI~. 2A is a graphical representation of a conventional
weighting ~unction 5 as a function of amplitude and time
applied to the time interval or window from time 1 to
time 2. This time interval is the window of time used
for sampling signal parameters. The vertical lines at
times 4 and 8 represent the leading and trailing edge of
a later occurring incoming signal pulse having an
envelope 6.
The more advanced signal weighting commonly
requires an edge detector, a weighting function
generator, and a multiplier. The edge detector analyzes
the incoming signal pulses. When there is no edge, a
standard weighting function 5 is applied to the window 6
(FIG 2A). FIG 2B represents a later time when the
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1 sampling window from time 1 to time 2 has movecl in time
toward the pulse and partially overlaps the pulse. The
weighting function is still applied to the whole window.
In FI~. 2C, the sample window overlaps the leading
edge of the pulse in time for a significant portion of
the sampling window. When the edge detector detects the
leading edge 4 of a signal pulse and determines that the
sample window 5 occupies a substantial part of the pulse
envelope 6, the weighting function is only applied to
the pulse envelope as illustrated by FIG. 2C to
eliminate the inclusion of noise occurriny before the
pulse envelope. ~he weighting function is adapted to fit
the signal envelope until the sample window is
completely contained within the pulse en~elope (FIG 2D~.'
The signal is then weighted with the constant weighting
function matched to the sample window until the sample
window overlaps the trailing edge of the pulse in time.
When the edge detector detects the trailing edge 8
of a signal pulse and determines that the sample window
5 overlaps the pulse envelope, tha weighting function is
only applied to the pulse envelope as illustrated by FIG
lE to eliminate the inclusion of noise occurring after
the pulse envelope. This cont;inues until the sample
window is no longar overlapping a substantial part of
the pulse envelope 6 after which time, the entire sample
window is weighted until the next signal is detected
(FIGS. 2F and 2 G ) .
This more advanced method of signal processing
increases the signal to noise ratio, however, it does
not significantly enhance xeception of neighboring small
signals. The present invention increases the signal to
noise ratio and enhances reception of neighboring small
signals. It also slgnificantly reduces the sidelobes
thereby reducing interference from neighboriny large
signals.
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1 Summary of the Invention
In accordance with the invention, a weighting
~unction is adapted to the signal envelope of received
RF pulses processed during sampling windows, according
to how much of each sampling window is occupied by the
signal envelope. Xf the signal envelope occupies a
greater portion of the window than ~ threshold value,
the weighting function is adapted to fit the envelope.
If the signal envelope occupies a lesser portion of the
window than the threshold value, the weighting function
is adapted to fit the remainder of the window, i.e., the
part of the window not occupied by the signal envelope.
An edge detector determines how much of the window is
occupied by the signal envelope.
Small signals, if they occur either overlapping
with the leading edge of a large pulse or overlapping
with the trailing edge of a large pulse, are thereby
weighted independently of the large signal. The sample
window is designed to be no longer than the shortest
pulse of interest. The weighting functions are
multiplied with the incoming signals and then sent to
conventional signal processing apparatus.
The present invention is particularly well suited
to electronic warfare applications. In electronic
warfare, it is important to detect and measure small
signals of unknown but diverse frequencies that may be
overlapping in time with the leading or trailing edge of
a large signal. The present invention allows the
measurement of small signals which otherwise might not
be detectable.
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Other aspects of this invention are as follows:
In a signal processing system an apparatus for
applying weighting functions to signals compris.ing:
an edge detector for determining when an edge of a
detected signal occurs;
a sourc2 of weighting functions;
means for selecting a weighting function from the
source based on the signal edge so that signals outside
the envelope of the detected signal are weighted to the
substantial exclusion of signals wikhin the envelope of
the detected signal for at least some times during which
the envelope is within the window; and
means for applying the selected weighting function
to the signals.
In a signal processing system, an apparatus for
applying weighting functions to signals within a window
comprising:
an edge detector for determining the location of an
edge of a detected signal within a window;
~ souxce of weighting functions;
means for selecting a weighting function from the
source based on the location o:E the signal edge so that
the window space which substantially excludes the
detected signal is weighted more than the window space
2~ which substantially includes the detected signal for at
lea~t some times; and
means for applying the selected weighting function
to the window.
An apparatus for processing radio frequency0 signals comprising:
means for intercepting a radio frequency signal;
means for sampling the envelope of the radio
frequency signal during successive sampling windows;
means for storing a weighting function to be5 applied to the samples;
means for sensing the part of the window occupied
by the envelope; and
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means for adapting the weighting function in the
storing means to fit the part of the window unoccupied
by the envelope.
An apparatus for processing substantially
simultaneous radio frequency signals comprising:
a radio frequency signal receiver;
a transducer ~or converting the signals to
voltags signals;
an analog to digital convertor ~or converting the0 voltage signals to digital samples;
a shift xegister for receiving groups of samples;
an edge detector connected to the shift register
for finding leading and trailing signal edges within the
group o~ samples;
a source of weighting functions;
means for selecting a weighting function from
the source of weighting functions responsive to Pdges
detected by the edge detector so that the samples within
the group of samples which are outside the signal
envelope of the detected signal's edge are weighted more
than samples within the group of samples which are
within the signal envelope of the detected signal edge.
for at least some edge locations;
means for multiplying the group of samples with the
weighting function selected by the means for selecting
weighting functionsO
A method for applying wei~hting ~unctions to
signals comprising:
determining the location of a signal edge within a0 window of samples;
selecting a weighting function so that when the
envelope of the signal, measured *rom the signal edge is
wid~r than a specified minimum, the envalope is weighted
but when the envelope of the signal, measured from the
signal edga is narrower than a specified minimum, the
space outside the signal envelope is weighted; and
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applying the selected weighting function to the
signals within the window.
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1 Brief Descrlption of the Drawings
FIG. 1 is a graphical representation of a large
signal and a small signal which overlaps the transient
portion of the large signal in time. This is plotted as
a function of frequency, time, and amplitude as
amplified using the prior art's constant weighting.
This figure shows the sidelobes of the large signal
obscuring and distorting the small signal;
FIG. 2A is a graphical representation of a
conventional weighting function as applied to a sample
window in the prior art on a time line which includes a
signal envelope;
FIG. 2B is a graphical representation of the same
weighting function as applied in the prior art when the
sample window partially overlaps the signal envelope;
FIG. 2C is a graphical representation of the same
weighting function as adapted in the prior art to ~latch
the signal envelope;
FIG. 2D is a graphical representation of the same
weighting function as expanded in the prior`art when the
sample window is completely overlapped by the signal
envelope;
FIG. 2E is a graphical represantation of the same
wei~hting function as adapted :in the prior art to match
the signal envelope;
FIG. 2F is a graphical representation of the same
weighting function as adapted in the prior art when a
signal trailing edge is near the end of the sample
window;
FIG. 2G is a graphical representation of the same
weighting function as adapted in the prior art after a
signal trailing edge has departed the sample window;
FIG. 3 is a block diagram of the present invention
in a signal processing environment;
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1 FIG. 4A is a graphical representation of a
conventional weightiny function as applied by the
present invention to a sample window on a time line
which includes a large signal envelope;
FIG. 4B is a graphical representation of a
conventional weighting function as contracted by the
present invention when the leading edge o a large
signal has entered the window;
FIG. 4C is a graphical representation of a
conventional weighting function as adapted by the
present invention after a large signal envelope fills
more than the minimum effective window width;
FIG. 4D is a graphical representation of a
conventional weighting function as expanded by the
present invention when a large signal envelope fills the
entire sample window;
FIG. 4E is a graphical representation of a
conventional weighting function as contracted by the
present invention when the trailing edge of a large
signal envelope has entered the sample window;
FIG. 4F is a graphical representation of a
conventional weighting ~unction as adapted by the
present invention after a large signal envelope fills
less than the minimum effective window width;
FIG~ 4G is a graphical representation of a
conventional weighting function as adapted by the
present invention after the large signal envelope has
left the window; and
~IG. 5 is a graphical representation o~ a small
signal overlapping with the leading edge of a large
signal as a function of frequency, time, and amplitude
as obtained by the adaptive weighting of the present
invention.
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1 Detailed DescriPtion
A preferred embodiment of the present invention is
integrated into a digital electronic warfare signal
receiving and processing system. However, the invention
can be applied to radar, sonar, telecommunications and
any other field in which signals of diverse amplitudes
which overlap in time must be analyzed.
As shown in the block diagram of FIG. 3, radio
waves 40 are intercepted by a receiver 42 in the form of
radio frequency (RF) signal pulses. The receiver
converts the electromagnetic signal pulses to an
electrisal ~oltage signal as is well known in the art~
The voltage signal is then fed into an analoy to digital
(A/D) converter 44. The A/D converter samples the
incoming voltage signals at a particular frequency and
digiti~es the voltage amplitude of each sample. The
stream of digitized samples is fed into a first shift
register 46 that has a sixty-four sample capacity.
The shift register sends t;he sixty-four digitized
samples on sixty-four parallel lines to an edge detector
48 which analyzes the samples within each group of
sixty-four to determine whether a leading edge or a
trailing edge exists within the sample window. If a
leading edge or a trailing edge exists within the sample
window, the -edge detector determines which sample is
closest to the leading edge or trailing edge and
declares that sample to be the transition edge sample.
The edge detector also determines whether the transition
edge sample corresponds to a leading edge or a trailing
edga.
The edge detection function can be performed in a
number of ways well known in the art. As an example, an
edge detector can be designed to declare a transition
edge, either a leading edge or a trailing edge, when a
signal amplitude crosses a predetermined threshold. The
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1 type of edge, leading or trailing, can then be
determined by testing whether the signal amplitude is
increasing or decreasing. An algorithm in the form of a
subroutine which can be used for an edge detector is
attached as Exhibit A. More sophisticated edge
detection algorithms can be developed. This particular
one was selected for illustrative purposes due to its
simplicity.
When the edge detector senses an edge, it signals
weighting function selector logic 50 using two lines.
One line indicates which sample corresponds to the edge
and the other indicates whether the edge is a leading
edge or a trailing edge. With this information, the
logic selects a weighting function from the many
weighting functions stored in a read only memory (ROM)
52. The stored weighting functions are conventional
weighting functions known in the art9 for example,
Hamming functions, Hanning functions, or Blackman
functions. However, they have been expanded or
contracted in width to match the location of the signal
edge. The adaptation of the weighting functions is
described below in more detail. A subroutine for
calculating the weighting function coefficients stored
in the ROM has been attached as Exhibit B~
The first sixty-four place shift register 46 also
sends the sixty-four digitized samples to a delay 49.
~he delay compensates for the time necessary to perform
the edge detection algorithm and select the proper ROM
coefficients. The data is then sent to a second sixty-
four place shift register for further processing.
The weighting functions from the ROM 52 are sent to
a multiplier 54 on sixty-four parallel lines where they
are multiplied with the sixty-four digitized samples
stored in the second sixty-four place shi~t register 56.
The digitized, weighted signals are then sent on to
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l conventional signal processing apparatus 56 where the
signal parameters can be separated, measured, analyzed,
and displayed in any number of convenient well known
~orms ~
When the weighted signals are analyzed in the
conventional signal processing apparatus, they are
analyzed in groups of samples called windows. In the
present exemplary embodiment, each window is made up of
sixty-four samples. The shift registers store successive
overlapping windows which advance, one sample at a kime.
For example, if sixty-four successive samples are fed
into the shift register from left to right and the
samples are labeled one through sixty-~our, where 1 i~
the earliest sample in time at the right end of the
shift register and sixty-four is the most recent sample
in time at the left end of the shift register, khe shift
register will send samples one through sixty-~our to the
edge detector. ~hese same sixty-four samples, properly
delayed and aligned in time with the coefficient ROM
will constitute the first window of data. The adaptive
weighting apparatus will then shift each sample one
place to the right. The next window will therefore have
samples labeled twc through sixty-five. Sample one is
shifted out and sample sixty-five is shifted in. The
third window will have samples three through sixty-six,
and so on.
Of course, the windows sould consist of more or
fewer than sixty-four samples and successive windows
could be processed with less overlap between windows,
e.g.~ a ~ifty-six sample overlap as opposed to the
sixty-three sample overlap described here.
The weighting functions are selected by the logic
50 based on the location of the edge in the window as
determined by the edge detector 48. In the described
embodiment, the window consists of sixty four samples,
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l so the ROM is a 128 x sixty-four array. The places in
the rows correspond to the samples in the window, and
the columns correspond to possible edge locations. Each
column of sixty-four is a set of sixty-~our weighting
coefficients, one coefficient for each of the sixty-four
samples in the window. It requires a complete set of
sixty-four samples to form a single weighting function
for the sixty-four sample window. There are 128 columns
and therefore 128 weighting functions, one weighting
function for each of the sixty-four possible leading
edge locations and one weighting function for each of
the sixty-four possible trailing edge locations. For
example, if a leading edge is at sample point twenty-
eight in the window, column twenty-eight is selected
from the ROM and each of its sixty-four coefficients are
multiplied with its corresponding sample.
The 128 sets of weighting functions are all the
same weighting function expanded or contracted in width.
They all have the same amplitude range, but they differ
in width. As explained in more detail below, the
weighting function is expanded, contracted, and shifted
depending on the edge location in the window. The stored
weighting functions make up all the expanded,
contracted, and shifted adaptations necessary to
implement the inventionO
A ROM is used for speed but the weighting functions
could be generated on demand or stored in some other
type of device. Also, a sixty-four by sixty-four array
could be used instead. Using the same weighting
function for leading edges as for trailing edges, there
would be one column for weighting functions for each
possible leading edge location and the same columns
would be used for each possible trailing edge location~
Thus, only sixty-four columns would be necessary in
total. If the edge were a leading edge, the weighting
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l function would go directly to the multipliers, but if it
were a trailing edge, it could be modi~ied, for example,
by reversing the order of the coe~ficients, before being
sent to the multipliers.
Figures 4A - 4G show how the present invention, in
a preferred embodiment, adapts and applies weighting
functions. The window stretches from time 1 to time 2
and consists of sixty-four samples plotted on the
horizontal time axis. The window moves from left to
right on the time axis so the sample at time 2 was
received first, and the sample at time l i5 the most
recent. The amount of multiplication provided by each
waightiny function is indicated on the vertical
amplitude axis.
The distances from time l to time 3 and time 3' to
time 2 represent the minimum ef~ective window widths. A
minimum effective window width is necessary because, for
some of the samplPs in the window, the weighting
function will be zero. For example, in FIG. 4C the
samples between time 1 and time 4 will be multiplied by
zero because the amplitude of the weighting function
there is zero. Similarly, in FIG. 4E, the samples
between time 8 and time 2 will be zeroed. While the
actual window width is still the interval from time l to
time 2, in efect, the width of the window is reduced to
the int~rval between time 4 and time 2, and the interval
between time 1 and time 8, respectively. The other
samples have been multiplied away. The signal processing
apparatus therefore will have a smaller data set with
which to analyze the signals. However, the smaller data
set will be less corrupted by a large interfering
signal. Beyond a certain point, reduction of the
effactive window width causes too many data points to be
zeroed and there is insufficient data to perform
accurate analysis of the data. This point determines the
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1 minimum size of the effective window width. In FIGS. 4A
through 4C, the minimum size is the number of samples
received between time 1 and tima 3. In FIGS. 4E throuyh
4G, the minimum size is the number of samples received
betwPen time 1 and time .3'
As shown in FIG. 4A, when the signal pulse envelope
6 is not in the window, the logic selects a weightiny
function 5 that is spread evenly over the entire window.
As the window moves toward the pulse envelope, first, a
leading edge 4 and then, a trailing edge 8 will enter
the window for each pulse. As an edge is detected~ the
weighting ~unction is adapted to fit the edge's location
in the window. The weighting function used will vary
depending on the location of the edges, only one of
which may be in the window at a time.
FIG. 4B shows the weighting function 5 applied by
the present invention when a leading edge enters the
window. Samples received before the leading dge was
received are weiyhted positively. Samples received after
the leading edge are zeroed. This weighting function is
adapted to fit the part of the. window not occupied by
the large signal pulse envelope 6.
In the more advanced method of processing signals
in the prior art, weighting functions are applied either
to the whole window (FIGS. 2A, 2B, 2F, and 2G) or to the
signal envelope (FIGS. 2C to 2E). This increases the
signal to noise ratio (SNR) by removing samples which
consist only of noise without any signal. However, if,
in the time domainl there is a small signal near the
large signal, it will bs zeroed by the weighting
functions and will not be detected.
The present invention, by weightiny samples taken
before the leading edge was received boosts the small
signal, if one, ~xists, so that it can also be measured
in the conventional signal processing apparatus. As the
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1 window moves toward the pul~e ~nvelope~ the weighting
function is contracted to fit the part of the window
remaining between the leadiny edge 4 and time 1 of the
window (FIGo 4B).
The invention continues to weight the samples
outside the leading edge of the pulse envelope until
point 3 reaches the leading edge. If the invention
continued to weight the samples before the leading edge,
the effectivP window width from point 1 to point 4 would
be less than the minimum effective window width from
point 1 to point 3.
Therefore, ~fter point 3 passes the leading edge 4,
the weighting ~unction 5 is switched to the window space
following the leading edge (FIG. 4C). As a result, the
large signal envelope in the window is weighted and
siynals in the remainder of the window are ~eroed. As
the window advances, the large signal envelope occupies
more of the window. The weighting function is expanded
to fill this space until the entire window is within the
large signal envelope. The entire window is then
weighted (FIG. 4D).
After the leading edge exits the window, the
trailing edge 8 enters (FIG. 4E). The window width from
1 to 2 is selected to be longer than the shortest
anticipated pulse envelope of the signals to be
analyzed. Therefore, the trailing edge 8 is never in the
window at the same time as the leading edge 4. As the
trailing edge enters the window, the weighting function
is contracted so that only the large signal envelope i5
weighted.
The weighting function continues to contract until
the trailing edge pass~s the minimum window width point
3'. The weighting function is then shifted ~FIG. 4F).
The minimum effective window width parameter in FIGS. 4E
through 4G has been renumbered from 3 to 3' because the
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1 minimum window width reEers ko the minimum width
acceptable before the shift from zeroing the data from
the large signal pulse envelope to zeroing the data from
outside the large pulse envelope occurs. Thus, the
point at which the switch occurs will typically be
different for the leading and trailing edges. For
example, if the minimum wi.ndow width were twenty with a
sample window width of si.xty-four, then for the leading
edge, point 3 would be at twenty while for the trailing
edge, point 3' would be at forty-~our. In the present
embodiment, however, the minimum number of nonzero
samples has been chosen to be one half the total or
thirty-two samples, so point 3 and 3l are concurrent.
While in the prior art the weighting function would
shift to the whole window from time 1 to time 2 after
the trailing edge passes the threshold point 3' (FIG.
2F~, the present invention weights only the samples
received after the trailing edge 8, while zeroing the
large signal envelope. This represses the large signal
sidelobes and allows smaller signals, if any, received
near the trailing edge, to be detected and measured. As
the window advances, the weighting function is expanded,
continuing to weight all of the samples following the
trailing edge until the trailing edge exits the window.
2~ After the trailing edge exits the window, the weightinq
function is again applied to the entire window until a
new edge is detected (FIG. ~G).
In summary, the weighting function expands and
contracts between the full window width and the user
selected minimum window width. With reference to FIGS.
4A to 4G, the width of the weighting function matches
the width of the sample window when the pulse envelope
lies totally outside the window. As the leading edge of
the pulse envelope enters the window, the weighting
function contracts in the portion of the window
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1 occupied by the pulse envelope until the weighting
function is contracted to the minimum window width.
Then, the weighting function switches to occupy the same
portion of the window as the pulse envelope and expands
with the pulse envelope until it occupies the entire
window. As the trailing edge of the pulse envelope
enters the window, the weighting function, occupying
the same portion of the window as the pulse envelope,
contracts until the wei~hting ~unction is contracted to
the minimum window width. Thereupon, the weighting
function again switches to the portion of th~ window
unoccupied by the pulse envelope and expands until the
pulse envelope leaves the window entirely.
The preferred embodiment is adapted specifically
for electronic warfare. In a specific example, the
windows contain sixty-four samples each, and sampling is
done at 1,280 MHz, so the window is 50 nanoseconds long.
The siynal processing system must handle signal pulses
no shorter than 100 nanoseconds long. The selected
minimum effective window length is one half the actual
window length, or 32 samples and 25 nanoseconds long.
FIG. 5 demonstrates the substantial improvement in
small signal detection achieved by the present invention
as compared to the prior art constant weighting approach
2S (FIG. 1). The same two signals, overlapping in time and
close in frequency, but very different in amplitude have
been plotted as a function of time, frequency, and
amplitude in hoth figures. In FIG. 1, the smaller signal
24 is almost entirely obscured by the sidelobes 22 of
the large signal 20. In FIG. 5, the sidelobes 22 are
greatly reduced and the small signal 24 is readily
apparent. On the time axis, the reyion for Case A
corresponds to when the window space before the leading
edge is weighted (FIGS. 4A and 4B). Case B corresponds
to when the large signal envelope is weighted (FIGS. 4C
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1 through 4E). Case C corresponds to when the window
space after the trailing edge is weighted (FIGS. 4F
through ~G).
FIGURE 1 also shows how the sidelobes become
superimposed on khe small signal distorting its basic
shape. With the present invention, as shown in FIG. 5,
the long, large sidelobes hava much less e~fect on the
small signal. Therefore, the small signal's parameters
can be determined with qreater accuracy. A subroutine
which executes the adaptive weighting of the present
invention is attached as Exhibit C.
~ he present invention can be simplified by reducing
the number of sets of weighting coefficients applied to
the samples. For example, assuming the same sixty~four
point samp~e window, the edge detector could be designed
to det~ct the edge to within a region oE four sample
points. I'he edge couid then lie in only one of sixteen
possible four sample regions. The array of weighting
functions could then be as small as a sixteen x sixty-
four array. There would be sixteen columns, one for eachpossible edge location, and sixt~-four weighting
multipliers, one to be multiplied by each of the sixty-~
four data samples in the sample window. This example
would also require the use of the reversal technique
described earlier to account for the leading and
trailing edge cases. This type of simplification allows
the inventlon to operate much ~aster, an advantage with
high sampling rates. The reduced resolution caused by
using fewer sets of weighting functions would not be
significant in most applications.
While this description assumes digital signal
processing, the present invention may also ~e worked
using an analog system.
A large number of other variations are also
possible without departing from the spirit or scope of
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1 the present invention. It is not intended to abandon
these variations by describing only the embodiments
described here.
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SUBROUTINE EDGE (REAL,IMAG,NP,THRESH,NT,FIRST,LAST)
C THIS SUBROUTINE COMP~TES THE NUMBER OF POINTS
C CORRESPONDING TO T}IE TRUNCATED SIGNAL AS WELL
C AS THE FIRST AND LAST POINTS OF THE TRUNCATED
C SIGNAL WITHIN THE SAMPLE BASED ON THE SIGNAL'S
C MAGNITUDE
C REAL(*) = THE REAL SIGNAL COMPONENTS
C IMAG(*) = THE IMAGINARY SIGNAL COMPONENTS
C NP = THE NUMBER OF SAMPLE POINTS
C THRES~ = THE THRESHOLD LEVEL
C NT = THE NUMBER OF POINTS CORRESPONDING TO THE SIGNAL
C FIRST = THE FIRST POINT CORRESPONDING TO THE SIGNAL
C LAST = THE LAST POINT CORRESPONDING TO THE SIGNAL
INTEGER FIRST
REAL IMAG
DIMENSION REAL(256),IMAG(256)
FIRST = O
LAST = 0
NT = O
DO 10 I = l,NP
TEST = SQRT(REAL(I)**2 + IMAG(I)**2)
IF (TEST.GE.THRESH) THEN
NT = NT + 1
IF (FIRST.EQ.O) FIRST = I
END IF
IF (NT.GT.O) LAST = FIRST + NT - 1
CONTINUE
RETURN
END
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SUBROUTINE GENROM ( NP, NV ~ ROM)
C
C T~IS SUBROUTINE GENERATES THE ROM TABLE CONTAINING
C THE COEFFICIENTS FOR THE ADAPTIVE WEIGHTING FILTER
C
C THIS VERSION COMPENSATES FOR THE REDUCED ENERGY IN
C A SHORTER WEIGHTING FUNCTION BY MULTIPLYING COEFFICI~NTS
C CORRESPONDING TO WEIGHTING FUNCTIONS SHORTER THAT THE
C FULL WEIGHTING FUNCTION SIZE BY CONSTANT INVERSELY
C PROPORTIONAL TO THE WIDTH OF THE WEIGHTING FUNCTION~
C THIS VERSION MAXIMIZES THE NUMBER OF NONZERO WEIGHTING
C COEFFICIENTS CORRESPONDING TO THE SMALL SIGNAL~ AN
C ALTERNATIVE APPROACH IS TO MAXIMIZE THE NUMBER OF NONZER5
C WEIGHTING COEFFICIENTS CORRESPONDING TO THE LARGE SIGNAL
C DEPENDING ON THE APPLICATION~ A 4 *NP BY NP ROM COULD BE
C USED TO IMPLEMENT BOTH VERSIONS AT THE SAME TIME REQUIRING
C ONLY SMALL CHANGES IN THE LOGIC TO SELECT WHICH SET OF
C COEFFICIENTS TO USE BASED ON THE RELATIVE IMPORTANCE OF
C SMALL SIGNALS VERSUS LARGE SIGNALS~
C
C======================= PARAMETER VALUES =====
C
C NP = NUMBER OF POINTS IN THE SAMPLE WINDOW
C
C NV = THE MINIMUM WEIGHTING FUNCTION LENGTH
C
C ROM = ARRAY CONTAINING THE ADAPTIVE WEIGHTING FILTER COEFFSo
C
C================~====== BEGIN SUBROUTINE =======~
C
INTEGER SP
C
DIMENSION ROM(512~256)
C ..
C FIND THE COHERENT GAIN VALUE
C
CG = 0~0
DO 10 I = l,NP
CG = CG ~ BLKMAN ( I,NP)
CONTINUE
C
C GENERATE THE ROM TAB~E
C
C LEADING EDGE OF LARGE PULSE CASE
C
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DO 20 S}? = l,NP
C
IF (SP . LE . NV) THEN
NT = NP-SP+l
DO 30 I = l,NP
IF ~I.LT.SP) ROM(SP,I) = Q.0
IF (I . GE . SP) ROM (SP, I) -- (FLOAT (NP) /NT) *
(1.0/CG) * BL~N (I-SP+l,NT)
CONTINUE
END IF
C
IF (SP.GT.NV) THEN
NT = SP-l
DO 40 I = l,NP
IF (I . LT . SP) ROM (SP, I) = (FLOAT tNP) /NT) *
* (1.0/CG) * BLKMAN (:I:,NT)
IF (I.GE.SP) ROM(SP,I) - 0.0
CONTINUE
END IF
C
CONTINUE
C
C TRAILING EDGE OF LARGE PULSE CASE
C
DO 50 SP = NP, 1,--1
C
IF (SP.GT. (NP--NV+l)) THEN
NT = SP~l
DO 60 I = l,NP
IF ( I . LT . SP) ROM ~ SP+NP, I ) = ( FLOAT (NP~/NT) *
* (1. 0/CG) * BL~AN (I,NT)
IF (I.GE.SP) ROM(SP~NP,I) = 0.0
CONTINUE
END IF
C
IF (SP.LE.(NP-NV+l)) THEN
NT = NP-SP+l
DO 70 I = l,NP
IF (I.LT.SP) ROM(SP+NP,I) = 0.0
IF (I.GE.SP) ROM(SP+NP,I) = (FLOAT(NP)/NT) *
* (1. 0/CG) * BLKMAN (I-SP+l,NT)
CONTINUE
END IF
C
CONTINUE
C
RETURN
END
C
C*****************************************************************
C
FUNCTION BLKMAN (N,NP~
C
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C THIS FUNCTION RETURNS THE VALU~ OF THE NTH
C COEFFICIENT OF A BLACKMAN WEIGHTING FUNCTION
C-====================== PARAMETER VALUES ====-~
C N = THE NUMBER OF THE DESIRED COEFFICIENT FOR THE
C WEIGHTING FUNCTION
C , NP = THE NUMBER OF POINTS IN THE WEIGHTING FUNCTION
C======================== BEGIN FUNCTION = = = = = = = = =
C DEFINE CONSTANTS
PI = 3.1415926
A0 = 0.42
Al = 0.50
A2 = 0.08
BLKMAN = A0 - Al*COS(Z.0*PI*(N-0.5)/NP) +
A2*COS(4.0*PI*~N-0.5)/NP)
END
C*****************************************************************
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C*****************************************************************
c
SUBROUTINE LOGIC lFIRST,LAST,NP,ROMNUM)
C
C THIS SUBROUTINE SELECTS THE PROPER WEIGHTING FUNCTION
C TO USE FROM THE ROM CONTAINING ALL THE WEIGHTING FUNCTIONS
C REQUIRED BY THE ADAPTIVE WEIG~ITING EILl'ER. ROMNUM REFE~
C TO THE NUMBER OF THE WEIGHTING FUNCTION TO BE USED FROM THE
C ROM TABLE.
C
INTEGER FIRST,LAST,ROMNUM
C
C NO PULSE ABOVE THRESHOLD
C
IF (FIRST.EQ.0) THEN
ROMNUM = 1
END IF
C
C LEADING EDGE OF LARGE PULSE
IF (~FIRST.GT.l).AND.(LAST.EQ.NP)) THEN
ROMNUM = FIRST
END IF
C
C STEADY STATE CASE FOR L~RGE PULSE
C
IF ~(FIRST.EQ.l)~AND.(LAST .EQ.NP)) THEN
ROMNUM = NP-~l
END IF
C
C TRAILING EDGE OF LARGE PULSE
C
IF ((FIRST.EQ.l).AND.(LAST.LT.NP)) THEN
ROMNUM = LAST+NP~l
END IF
C
cC END SUBROUTINE
END
C
C*******7~*****************~*********~k~t~***~**-k****~**~'~k~*****-k**
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c
SUBROUTINE TDPR02 (NP,REAL,IMAGj
C THIS SUBROUTINE IMPLEMENTS THE ADAPTIVE WEIGHTING
C FUNCTION.
REAL REAL(256),IMAG(2~6),ROM(512,256)
INTEGER FIRST,ROMNUM
COMMON /TMPAR/ TDP,THRESH,NV,ROM
C FIND THE LEADING OR TRAILING EDGE
CALL EDGE (REAL,IMAG,NP,THRESH,NT,FIRST,LAST)
C SELECT THE ROM COEFFICIENT COLUMN
~ CALL LOGIC (FIRST,LAST,NPIROMNUM)
C FILTER THE DATA
DO 10 I = l,NP
REAL(I) = ROM(ROMNUM,I) * REAL(I)
IMAG(I) = ROM(ROMNUM,I) * IMAG(I)
I0 CONTINUE
RETURN
END
C***************************************************~************~
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